The parents kept all the "good food" locked in their room-pad lock with key. ( snacks, soda, chips...expensive stuff ) and we weren't allowed to eat anything without asking, as it was part of a plan. They told us when we could eat and what...they even counted things so if we ate more then allowed they would know and we would be punished. Hence my weight issues as now I like to have everything I couldn't then. My mother would eat ice cream and put a bowl on the floor for her dog, but the kids were not allowed. I loved it when she would accidentally leave her snack out, when she left for Bingo.... it would always disappear and none of us ratted each other out. LOL